http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/90 Published Journal Articles from the department. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:51:40 GMT 2026-04-05T22:51:40Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2707 The Role of Schopenhauerian Philosophy of the “Will” And Its Implication for Suicide in Contemporary Society Fidelis, O. E. The moral permissibility of suicide has been striking yet recurrent in its presence as it affects humankind in their daily lives. There have been categories of debates in past and present by philosophers, psychologists, etc. in the bid to decipher if suicide should be seen as immoral action and such condemnable in its practice. Many have fortified the claim that once one has lost the meaning of life due to perplexities, the solution to ease pain is suicide. However, no one especially those who held suicide wrong and problematic, has tried to give a lasting solution from the root of the problem. It is against this backdrop the 19th century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer conceived the notion of suicide from a different angle though accepting that the decision to commit suicide is impregnated by unbearable and incurable circumstances that makes life’s meaning lost. In his notion, he debunked the arguments of some monotheistic philosophers who held suicide as an immoral act and suicidal persons as cowardice. For him, they have failed to give convincing reasons for calling them so and that the only moral argument against suicide is that it is egoistic and it does not serve the highest moral goal that considers others. He held that suicide is an elusive way of ending suffering, considering that suffering is the result of the Will’s constant striving to live. To end suffering he said, one needs to indulge himself in ‘Aesthetic experience’ and ‘Denial of the will’. Hence, the crux of this work is to understand Schopenhauer’s notion of suicide and his tenet to suffering especially as conceived in his philosophy of the ‘Will’. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2707 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2706 UBUNTU AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA IN A GLOBAL COMMUNITY: RETHINKING AFRICAN CONCEPT OF JUSTICE Fidelis, O. E. Respect for human life is the first and end of every human endeavour. Fundamental human rights constitute the hallmark, cornerstone and yardstick to measure Humanness. The progress, development and civilization of every region, continent or global community rested on observations, respect for human rights, dignity and personality. Africa with all its richness in natural resources, human resources and minerals resources is the least developed and underdeveloped continent in the world. All these are predicated on lack or deliberate, active, conscious and fully aggressive infringements on the fundamental rights of its people. There is an internally motivated wide and chronic violations of rights across Africa and this explains why Africans are scattered around the globe seeking greener pastures in terms of security, job opportunities, and decent living. The harsh treatment administered to the Africans makes them become somehow a threat to the global community in the sense that most Africans have fashioned different tactics of escaping poverty, insecurity, hunger, inhuman treatment and other state-sponsored terrorism to other parts of the world through illegal means. To discuss this precarious situation, Ubuntu philosophy was rethought therefore, the global community through the United Nations and its partners ought to ensure that human rights are respected, observed and upheld in every part of Africa this is the only way the world and Africa in particular can be at peace. We adopted the analytical method in carrying out our research. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2706 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2705 How Africa Developed Europe: A Review of Nkwazi Nkuzi Mhango's deconstructing the HIS-STORY of Africa, Excavating Untold Truth and what ought to be done and Known Fidelis, O. E BOOK REVIEW Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2705 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2670 RETHINKING RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE IN THE LIGHT OF ASOUZU'S COMPLEMENTARY ONTOLOGY AND THE IDEA OF GOD Efenji, Joseph Simon This work addresses the problem of religious intolerance which is borne out of some religious adherent's humanistic tendency to monopolize and canonize the idea of God making Him a private property confined to the limits of their religion only. The authors argue that this selfish and grossly parochial outlook has led to the development of extreme doctrines and practices that have helped in no small measures in fanning the embers of religious violence in our society today. The work decries the divisive, bifurcating polarising and domineering approach employed by some religious adherents to protect their interest. This unintended ethnocentric commitment and ambivalent tension engendered by ihekpuchianya (phenomenon of concealment) is the major cause of almost all the religious conf ids today. This work argues that religious intolerance stifles and closes the mind there by making it non-receptive to other religious views. Thus in a bid to be fanatically theistic, the mind becomes more atheistic. This is because it objectifies God and reduces Him to a property that can be privatized and caged for only a specific religious group. On the contrary, the authors see religion as a unifying factor that binds all humanity together in more cohesive and concrete whole. The authors maintain that the mind will be more receptive and open to welcome other religious views through noetic propaedeutic pedagogy, a rigorous process where the human mind will be purged of every bifurcating and divisive tendency and be educated to think in a humancentric and mutually complimentary way, since to be, according to Asouzu's ontology is to be with others. As an addendum to Asouzu's complementary ontology, the authors make some recommendations for fostering and promoting of religious tolerance in Nigeria nay Africa. The paper employs critical analytical method of reflection to drive home her points. Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2670 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z